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Saturday, March 21, 2015

Where To Start??

Tap, Tap, Tap....Anyone out there? Forgive me for being absent, not replying to comments, peeking at your blogs and not commenting. I really hate the fact that I have not been able to balance my time to be a good blogger. I keep hoping!

Thank you everyone for your interest in re-homing these charts. I used the random number generator to pick the following recipients of the charts...

Susan and I also stopped at The Proper Pie for a slice. Yummo! Needless to say we skipped going out for dinner.

The series of lectures were wonderful. I love learning about samplers, the makers and the teachers. There were also lectures on clothing, quilts and coverlets. We also had the chance to see many wonderful examples from the Williamsburg's collection.

Treasures....

Then of course there was the chance to see and catch up with friends!

More mayhem!

Kathy from Pennsylvania gifted me with this lovely stitched pocket and ornament. So sweet!

Hampton Inn has a sense of humor. I pointed out the mustaches on the cups to Susan and she came back with this ensemble the next morning. More fun!

So from Williamsburg it was off to...

Phoenix!

So nice to see some cactus blooms!

Amazing!

So besides wonderful flowers, when you go to this area and you are a stitcher.... you go to The Attic!

Such an amazing shop!

And since it was stitch in night and you never know who you may run in to... Dani! from Black Belt Stitching was there with her friends. What a treat to meet her in person and also her stitching friends! Every Thursday The Attic has stitch in from 4 to 8. Stitching and shopping? What could be better?

One of the store's wall of models, so inspiring.

Kathy was putting the final beads on this amazing Chatelaine piece. The picture does not do this justice.

I also had a couple of wonderful meals in Phoenix. Rich and I definitely need to come back and spend more time in Arizona, and maybe see the the Grand Canyon!

I also left Arizona with a couple more things...

This is on my back...

And my ankle is quite puffy. The shoes are cute though!

There was some stashing and stitching but I will save that for my next post!

Such a lot of news! How funny that you bumped into Dani. The stitch in every week sounds dangerous for pockets!It takes time to read and comment on blogs. I find if I don't keep up I can soon really fall behind and have hundreds of posts in my blog reader.

Balancing time is so hard Chris but I think sometimes you just have to go with the flow as they say. I'm sure things will slow down for you at some point and you can get back to stitching and blogging. I enjoyed seeing the cactus photos.

I love seeing what you've been up to! It's so nice that you weren't JUST working too. Ouch on your injuries though! Hope they are going away! I so want to go to the Attic. And Williamsburg! What a treat! And flowering cacti! Wow! Anyway, this was a treat. No worries on the blogging. We miss you, but we understand!

Great to see a post from you Chris! You had a lot of adventures since the last post. The trip to the Williamsburg looks amazing! How lucky you are to see all of those gorgeous samplers! The Attic! Eek! I saw Dani's photos from there. So great you got to see her and all that stash to buy...sigh! Hugs from me and Titus!

Hey Chris, I love going on travels with you. Such interesting places and fun times! Some day I hope to get to see The Attic. Hope your bumps and bruises are all gone now. Don't be too sure about not seeing more snow this season if you're traveling: they're predicting 1-2 inches tonight for Chicago, and I've heard that the northeast has had more this week.

You certainly are seeing America with all your business travels. Have you kept track of how many different states you've been to since you started? I am glad that you are having 'fun times' mixed in with all your business travels.

Oh my goodness!! Wonderful post! I am so thrilled you got to meet Dani in person! WOW!!! How fun! How amazing you got to see some examples from the Williamsburg collection!Lovely to see you post! love Annette